Go to ESPN.com (disable any ad-blockers), and play the Halo 4 YouTube video in the banner. The new orange/upside down Didact symbol flashes on screen, things go wonky, and then all sorts of weird gibberish code appears. I only screencapped a few times and got these bits and pieces:

hard to tell if the latin is just lorem ipsum placeholder text. The phrases aren't connecting with any text other than other forums posting about the same ad content still digging...

[but of course on the other hand] It could all just be purely esthetic, random, with bits thrown in to trigger some nostalgia on recognizable words and phrases...

Posted by: Hunter X

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: The list of orange strings that show up reversed on the page: !diag proc 10 : probe terminal proc 10 : rogue proc 10 : proc 7 8 9 : linvntry terminal : 862..293.342.3487.2 : thanksshk terminal : d!D@cT : !attach act drop : 38XUI¶¶ aos . 299 . : clean !splotch control : !bite rogue pro 1 recurse : §200 sdkue : 94. ssdd a s-------- A few of the lines there (in particular, the ones referring to 'rogue proc', '!bite rogue pro', 'probe proc' and '!splotch') are extremely similar to the commands used in the I Love Bees campaign by the SPDR AI - as far as I can tell, this language was created specifically for the ARG and didn't exist beforehand. Is there a connection here or is 343 just re-using old material?

Following that, I can decipher the following from the commands: -Examine terminal process 10 -Process 10 is acting suspiciously (sometimes associated with Mendicant Bias in the Halo 3 terminals) -Something involving processes 7-9 -Something involving a terminal -? -Something else involving a terminal -Didact -Attach the user to something (act is a known term, but it's purpose is unclear) -? -'Control' has been successfully destroyed (this should be a reponse to a previous command, perhaps whatever has been corrupted in the last line) -Attempt to terminate the rogue process, and keep trying until it is terminated. -? -?

Not entirely sure if this relates to anything, but I'll leave with you to see if it you can make anything out of it.

: The list of orange strings that show up reversed on the page: !diag proc 10 : probe terminal proc 10 : rogue proc 10 : proc 7 8 9 : linvntry terminal : 862..293.342.3487.2 : thanksshk terminal : d!D@cT : !attach act drop : 38XUI¶¶ aos . 299 . : clean !splotch control : !bite rogue pro 1 recurse : §200 sdkue : 94. ssdd a s-------- A few of the lines there (in particular, the ones referring to 'rogue proc', '!bite rogue pro', 'probe proc' and '!splotch') are extremely similar to the commands used in the I Love Bees campaign by the SPDR AI - as far as I can tell, this language was created specifically for the ARG and didn't exist beforehand. Is there a connection here or is 343 just re-using old material?

Following that, I can decipher the following from the commands: -Examine terminal process 10 -Process 10 is acting suspiciously (sometimes associated with Mendicant Bias in the Halo 3 terminals) -Something involving processes 7-9 -Something involving a terminal -? -Something else involving a terminal -Didact -Attach the user to something (act is a known term, but it's purpose is unclear) -? -'Control' has been successfully destroyed (this should be a reponse to a previous command, perhaps whatever has been corrupted in the last line) -Attempt to terminate the rogue process, and keep trying until it is terminated. -? -?

Not entirely sure if this relates to anything, but I'll leave with you to see if it you can make anything out of it.

It's 4:30AM over here so I am bound to miss something, let me know what I missed!

May I make some guesses? I wasn't involved with ILB, but some of the words look like they could be interpreted some way or another; programmers do like to leave letters out.

"linvntry terminal"According to the wikia,

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Invntry 117649Seeker-class AI.

So we have a seeker-class AI trying to access a terminal perhaps? Or maybe the terminal is for the AI?

862..293.342.3487.2This is some kind of IP address, I think, or other kind of address, as the line that follows immediately after isthanksshk terminalwhich in relation to the access(?) coding two lines above it is either another instruction directed at the terminal, or some other kind of connection establisher.

Then, retranslating it back from the English translation, back to Latin, and then back to English again, results in a slightly different variation:

"38XUI ¶ ¶ AOS. 299.! connected with a drop ofd! 500 @ cTthanksshk determined862.293.342.3487.2linvntry determinedproceed 7 8 9Please proceed to 10well they have to go 10! you go to drink 10! diag March 1094. ssdd in the --------§ 200 sdkue! you drink bier 1 running backdied without bloodshed! splotch governments is reliable and the mountains, shall be bornSo8ii aspoke qpdkv disofasdddddddIt is here that sdr3Care, the more your in yourOur base is inView results close to thisIt is the fifth in seeking out and resolving r35Page, or more than cas37 jj6-fddthe throat. author of Bloginstructional orhere or here. produced anAdd a comment here.as often as possible. read about the"

Anybody got any ideas or suggestions?

Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:04 pm

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Re: ESPN.com - Halo 4 ARG?

I hate to burst bubbles, but the Latin text is looking more like filler text, than any kind of clues to anything. I have some evidence of this.

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There may be more I could bold, but I didn't want to spend another ten minutes comparing. Also, when I googled "imperdiet felis sit amet mauris dignissim" or "s et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur" I get Lorem Ipsum results. Unless the developer of this marketing scheme can push us some more clues, to me I think this is all more placeholder text, than something meaningful.

Then I'd be surprised if anyone could find anymore out of something from this. I don't intend to communicate that this ARG isn't real, if that's how my writing may seem like, but I am definitely communicating my doubts. (Edit: Though, this is fun, if it is anything real or not, so over analyzing it and doing everything we can may actually open up some kind of door!)

Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:47 pm

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Re: ESPN.com - Halo 4 ARG?

Here's my interpretation of the latin text, based on two different online translators and a lot of reading into things.Not bothered if it ends up being a Lorum Ipsum, but I'm hopeful all the same, especially with the new Infinity audio recording out.

The fifth home of the great (The fifth place the Didact has stayed in? Or the 5th Requiem esc planet?)rich parturient* (can I just say.. hot)link how ormore crime (Humanity has failed to take up the mantle? Commited crimes?)

When concern worthless (no point in being afraid of something you can't beat? Or that he has no reason to fear us?)worthless to add to a heap. (weird one, maybe no point in more death/destruction? Doubtful)

When to grow strongConsequently to raise upabout first principle of equity. (coming to kick our ass at the right time?) (wanting an equal fight?)

We/Opening/Entranceseneschal – Middle Ages Noble Officer/Officer in charge of Justice & Control (Us failing to take up the mantle have been judged as too big for our own breeches)some/come (he's opening/coming to kick our ass)

tl;dr - We've failed to take up the mantle, have grown too strong, Didact has waited and it's time to be judged.Primordium: Precusor esc, no?

Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:39 pm

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Re: ESPN.com - Halo 4 ARG?

I just wanted to add my two cents real quick. While I was doing research for Bzzt, I studied the code used in ilovebees. The company that did the ARG had come up with their own language for AIs to use. Looking through all of this, two lines in particular caught my attention.

Quote:

!bite rogue pro 1 recurse clean !splotch control

!bite is an attack command line from ilovebees, and !splotch is a kill command that was used on the pious flea.

Sorry, just throwing that out there. It may not establish the validity of it, but I just couldn't help but notice it.

862..293.342.3487.2This is some kind of IP address, I think, or other kind of address, as the line that follows immediately after isthanksshk terminal which in relation to the access(?) coding two lines above it is either another instruction directed at the terminal, or some other kind of connection establisher.

Thoughts?

It seemed obvious when I saw you mention it, but I checked and it doesn't quite fit IPv4, MAC addresses, or IPv6; it's kind of like someone tried to combine them all, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was supposed to be some kind of unique identifier.

Zeouterlimits wrote:

Here's my interpretation of the latin text, based on two different online translators and a lot of reading into things.<span>Not bothered if it ends up being a Lorum Ipsum, but I'm hopeful all the same, especially with the [url=<a class="smarterwiki-linkify" href="http://az204726.vo.msecnd.net/prod/audio/radio_infinity_levels_v03.ogg]new">http://az204726.vo.msecnd.net/prod/audio/radio_infinity_levels_v03.ogg]new</a> Infinity audio recording out.[/url]</span>

The fifth home of the great (The fifth place the Didact has stayed in? Or the 5th Requiem esc planet?)rich parturient* (can I just say.. hot)link how ormore crime (Humanity has failed to take up the mantle? Commited crimes?)

When concern worthless (no point in being afraid of something you can't beat? Or that he has no reason to fear us?)worthless to add to a heap. (weird one, maybe no point in more death/destruction? Doubtful)

When to grow strongConsequently to raise upabout first principle of equity. (coming to kick our ass at the right time?) (wanting an equal fight?)

We/Opening/Entranceseneschal – Middle Ages Noble Officer/Officer in charge of Justice & Control (Us failing to take up the mantle have been judged as too big for our own breeches)some/come (he's opening/coming to kick our ass)

862..293.342.3487.2This is some kind of IP address, I think, or other kind of address, as the line that follows immediately after isthanksshk terminal which in relation to the access(?) coding two lines above it is either another instruction directed at the terminal, or some other kind of connection establisher.

Thoughts?

It seemed obvious when I saw you mention it, but I checked and it doesn't quite fit IPv4, MAC addresses, or IPv6; it's kind of like someone tried to combine them all, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was supposed to be some kind of unique identifier.

Maybe the address is partial/corrupted/incomplete? We have all these other numbers appearing throughout the selection and a double-dot between 862 and 293. Maybe it implies a missing number string?

Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:03 am

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Re: ESPN.com - Halo 4 ARG?

thereIwasn't wrote:

General Vagueness wrote:

thereIwasn't wrote:

862..293.342.3487.2This is some kind of IP address, I think, or other kind of address, as the line that follows immediately after isthanksshk terminal which in relation to the access(?) coding two lines above it is either another instruction directed at the terminal, or some other kind of connection establisher.

Thoughts?

It seemed obvious when I saw you mention it, but I checked and it doesn't quite fit IPv4, MAC addresses, or IPv6; it's kind of like someone tried to combine them all, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was supposed to be some kind of unique identifier.

Maybe the address is partial/corrupted/incomplete? We have all these other numbers appearing throughout the selection and a double-dot between 862 and 293. Maybe it implies a missing number string?

I've been looking into how IPv6 works, and it appears IPv6 addresses omit zero value spaces at the end and in the middle of addresses. Often signifying this with a double colon. Now if this is IPv6 but using periods instead of colons, then perhaps that is exactly why there is double period. The 'missing' digit is nothing but 0000, making the actual address 0862:0000:0293:0342:3487:0002 assuming this is in hexadecimal. If it still needs to be converted to hexadecimal it would be: 035e:0000:0125:0156:0d9f:0002 (Keep in mind, IPv6 is case sensitive).

EDIT: my internet connection doesn't support IPv6 current, so unfortunately I cannot check this out, we need someone who can to do so. And apparently consecutive groups of zeroes can be signified by a (::). So it could also be any one of the below.

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